vidjelo

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

vȉdjeti (“to see”) +‎ -lo (instrumental noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋîdjelo/
  • Hyphenation: vi‧dje‧lo

Noun

vȉdjelo n (Cyrillic spelling ви̏дјело)

  1. scope of view or visibility
    doći na vidjelo ― to come to light
    izaći na vidjelo ― to come to light
    iznijeti na vidjelo ― to bring to light, to expose
  2. (archaic) light, especially as a medium of sight
    • 1865, Đuro Daničić, Pripovijetke iz Staroga i Novog zavjeta:
      Tada Bog odvoji vidjelo od tame; i tako postane prva noć i prvi dan.
      Then God divided the light from the darkness; and so the first night and the first day came about.
  3. (literary, archaic) source of illumination, light
    nebesko vidjelo ― celestial light: the sun or moon
  4. (rare, archaic) eye

Declension

References

  • “vidjelo” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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